Button



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G. FELSENTHAL.

BUTTON. No. 338,055. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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GABE FELSENTHAL, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTOKY.

BUTTON.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338.055, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed November 24, 18E5.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABE FELsENTr-IAL, of Louisville, in the countyT of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleeve and Collar' Buttons, of which the following is a specification, rei'- erence being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof,v in which- Figure l is a plan view showing the button in position to be inserted in the collar or cuff. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing` the position of the parts when the button is in use. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken ou line x in Fig. l. Fig. et is a transverse section taken on line y y in Fig. 2. 5 is a sectional view taken on line z .e in Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention isto provide a sleeve-button which may be readily introduced into and removed from the collar or cuff without exertion, and without straining or tearing the button-hole in which it is inserted.

My invention. consists in a button having two pairs of spring-arms projecting from the back thereof, and two angled levers pivoted in the extremities of the arms, and having angled shoulders, which engage each other when the button is arranged for insertion in the button-hole and when it is in its place and in position to be Worn.

To the back of the body ofthe button A are secured two pairs of spring-amis, (La and a a', at the sides of a stop-bar, b. rIhe two pairs of arms a a and a a are approximately parallel, and in the extremities of each pair of arms are pivoted the angled levers B and B. rThe shorter arms c of these levers are curved outward slightly', and the width of the arms c corresponds to the space between each pairof spring-arms a a. rlhe arms d of the angled levers B B are wider and longer than the arms c, and are made of suitable form for retaining the button in the cuff or collar. The levers B B are preferably pivoted on a wire passing through the ends of each pair of the springarms a and a. The plate of metal of which the arms d c of each lever B B is formed is bent at right angles at the joint, and to forni Serial No. 183,863. (No model.)

the part ofthe joint belonging to the lever a piece ofjoint-wire, e, is soldered in the angle ofthe lever, andthe angled shoulders f of the levers, which are pressed into contact with each other by the spring-arms a, a, serve to hold the levers in either ot' the two positiiims in which they may be placed.

The bar b between the pairs of spring arms a a forms a stop, which limits the motion of the shorter arms c ot' the levers, so that the button, when in position for use, will always assume a symmetrical form, and the arms l will be parallel with the face of the button. The button is pnt into position for use by bringing the arms d paraliel to each other, as shown in Figs. l and 3. These arms are then inserted in the bntton-hole g, the button is pushed forward toward the entf until the arms c of the levers B strike the surface ofthe cuff, and by throwing these arms toward the body of the button the arms d are thrown outward away from each other within the cui?, and when the contact-line ofthe angled shoulders flies outsideof the pivotal center ofthe levers B B the spring-arms a and a', by pressing the levers B B toward each other, will complete the movement of the levers and bring them into the position shown in Fig. 4.

\Vhen it is desired to remove the button from the cuff, it is withdrawn by pulling the body of the button outward, bringing the arms d d of the levers B and B into engagement with the inner surface ofthe cuff, thus turning them on their pivots and bringing them into the original position shown in Fig. 3.

The spring of the arms a a is sufiicient to keep the levers B and B in either of the positions in which they are placed.

It will be noticed that my improved sleevebutton is entirely automatic in its operation, and when it is withdrawn from the cuff it is in position to be again inserted, so that no manipulation other than inserting it into and removing itfrom the button-hole is necessary.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a sleevebutton,the combination,with the button-body, ofthe spring-arms a a', forming the shank of the button, and angled le ICO vers B B,pivoted to the spring-arms and provided with angled shoulders j', pressed. into engagement with each other by the springspringarms end provided with angled sliou'lm ders f, and the stop b, placed between the springerlns a a', Substantially as herein speci' arms a a, slilbsfentially as herein shown and fied. described.

2. As an improved article of nmnufaebure, GABE FELSENTHAL a sleeve-button formed of the body A, two VibnesSes:

pairs of spring-arms, a a', proj eating from the l HENRY FELsENTHAL,

body, two angled levers, B B', pivoted to the HERBERT OBERDORFER. 

